Well we've all had time to stew, complain about and analyze the crushing loss to Buffalo. Its in the rearview mirror so let's move forward.

How does Miami win this game Sunday? Will McKinnie be a factor?

I see some positives here. The Pats' o-line has been struggling so it presents an opportunity for Miami's pass rush. Get to Brady! He doesn't have his typical safety valves and he took some vicious hits against the Jets.

Unless Gronkowski is 100% this should be the weakest receiving group Miami has faced all season. Brady has still found a way to put some points on the board but Miami's CBs should be able to man up against this group.

Injuries have decimated the Pats' defense. No Wilfork, no Mayo and an uncertain Talib. Problem is they are still creating turnovers every game and Tannehill has hit a rough patch in 3 of the last 4 games. Fortunately the Pats are 31st in the NFL against the run and their edge rushers aren't as good as what Miami recently faced. Miami needs to pound the ball and use the play action pass.

Tannehill's picks aside, we saw 3 quarters of improved offense against a better than average Bills defense. HOPEFULLY a combination of McKinnie and Martin will give Tannehill a better chance to stay upright. Using more rollouts might buy time to get Wallace and Hartline deep. We've also seen that Gibson and Clay can do damage on short catches in space. The potential is there.

I'm not predicting it, but this is a winnable game. In fact, it is a must win to undo the unexpected loss to Buffalo. The running game was effective and Tannehill put up 3 TD passes in 2 quarters last Sunday. They have a chance to do something they haven't done all year...strike fast, strike hard and go for the throat early. GET IT DONE!

To change things up..........Tanehill will shout "Go" before running plays and "Go Go" before passing plays.

In all seriousness, 4 weeks ago it didn't look like we'd be in a must win in Week 9............but this is a must win. I don't see a wild card coming from the AFC East........so the Phins need to take the Division. We can either be in first place or 2 games behind the Pats running on a 4 game losing streak. I hope t they can take this one, I'm getting tired of talking about next year's draft in October.

Tannehill should be able to exploit this secondary. He faced on the best secondaries in the league last week. This week, he should find some open windows. NE has no pass rush. They just signed 34 year old Andre Carter. As most have stated, RT does well against the blitz. Division game, on the road and I can't remember the last time Miami won in NE. Miami 34NE 31

Tannehill should be able to exploit this secondary. He faced on the best secondaries in the league last week. This week, he should find some open windows. NE has no pass rush. They just signed 34 year old Andre Carter. As most have stated, RT does well against the blitz. Division game, on the road and I can't remember the last time Miami won in NE. Miami 34NE 31

What I expect to happen. Miami goes down early per usual by 10 or 13. They come back and make a game of it per usual and lead 17-13 then they start killing themselves per usual and lose 26-20 in a close but not so close game.

Well we've all had time to stew, complain about and analyze the crushing loss to Buffalo. Its in the rearview mirror so let's move forward.

How does Miami win this game Sunday? Will McKinnie be a factor?

I see some positives here. The Pats' o-line has been struggling so it presents an opportunity for Miami's pass rush. Get to Brady! He doesn't have his typical safety valves and he took some vicious hits against the Jets.

Unless Gronkowski is 100% this should be the weakest receiving group Miami has faced all season. Brady has still found a way to put some points on the board but Miami's CBs should be able to man up against this group.

Injuries have decimated the Pats' defense. No Wilfork, no Mayo and an uncertain Talib. Problem is they are still creating turnovers every game and Tannehill has hit a rough patch in 3 of the last 4 games. Fortunately the Pats are 31st in the NFL against the run and their edge rushers aren't as good as what Miami recently faced. Miami needs to pound the ball and use the play action pass.

Tannehill's picks aside, we saw 3 quarters of improved offense against a better than average Bills defense. HOPEFULLY a combination of McKinnie and Martin will give Tannehill a better chance to stay upright. Using more rollouts might buy time to get Wallace and Hartline deep. We've also seen that Gibson and Clay can do damage on short catches in space. The potential is there.

I'm not predicting it, but this is a winnable game. In fact, it is a must win to undo the unexpected loss to Buffalo. The running game was effective and Tannehill put up 3 TD passes in 2 quarters last Sunday. They have a chance to do something they haven't done all year...strike fast, strike hard and go for the throat early. GET IT DONE!

Great post jammer, I agree all across the board. If we don't manage to score more than 20 pts Sunday, our offense is in trouble and highly questionable. Their defense is not intimidating by any stretch of the imagination, and NO WAY Sherman is dumb enough to look at the stats and see "31st against the run" and NOT run the darn ball against that defense.

I want to see Lamar get at least 12 touches Sunday, only because I know they will end up giving a chunk of it to Thomas as well. Go 'Fins!

The Pats can rush the QB better than you think and they are still creating turnovers. That Buffalo flesh wound loss is still fresh on my mind. Miami will not win this game against a Belicheck coached team if they cannot protect Tannehill. THAT is going to be the main factor and not making dumb throws and reads to create turnovers, which btw, New England is good at doing.

Yeah stats may lean towards the Pats not having a great pass rush, but that is smoke n mirrors. Their schemes is what keep them in games.

As far as the comment Jammer made about Gronk and him being 100%, well he has several catches for 114 yards last week and for someone's first game back with all those injuries and his teammates saying he TEARS it up in practice, so couple that with Miami's horrible coverage on TE's, don't be surprised if Brady has a big game with him.

Miami will win this game by not turning the ball over and protecting Tannehill, if they do those two things on the road they have a chance.